www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/08/hibernian-british-team-european-cup-hibs
Sorry can’t post link directly but found this article just issued in today’s Guardian. Interesting read
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08-01-2018 11:41 AM #1
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Hibs article in Guardian European Cup 1955
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08-01-2018 11:45 AM #2This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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08-01-2018 11:48 AM #3This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
Really good article and photos. Thanks for finding it and sharing
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08-01-2018 11:59 AM #4
Great to read about Hibs in that way in a UK wide publication. Unfortunately most folk in the rest of the UK won't know much about our colourful history. The more people who get to know about us the better
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08-01-2018 12:00 PM #5
Excellent article. Link below should work.
https://www.theguardian.com/football...opean-cup-hibs
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08-01-2018 12:00 PM #6
It's funny, but the 1st thing the Dons fan sitting next to me said when he read this article was 'did Hibs not do something underhand to get in the competition?'. I have to say, I have heard the conspiracy theories before, usually from Hearts fans, but this article seems more plausible.
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Nothing underhand about it. Just a reputation for good football and the stupidity of others.
Of course many other UK clubs have done more in European competition than us. But none of them can claim to have been first.
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08-01-2018 12:28 PM #10
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Aberdeen stuck in the past and refusing to accept new technology?
Somethings never change
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08-01-2018 12:30 PM #11
Great article, thanks for the link.
PM Awards General Poster of The Year 2015, 2016, 2017. Probably robbed in other years
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Hibs had featured heavily in L'Quipe in the years leading up to the tourney due to their friendly European adventures and were the only Scottish club to receive an invite. The "Politics" Hugh Shaw refers to were those whipped up by the Scottish press who felt Rangers or Celtic should have been invited and were simply peeved that they hadn't.
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08-01-2018 02:20 PM #14
Enjoyed reading the article.
A piece of our rich history that makes Hibs the club we are all proud to support.
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08-01-2018 02:22 PM #15
Thanks for posting and love the photo of the two players at night obviously using a hu*****us flash.
Reminds me of the dark nights at ER where you could see the pitch but hardly see the steps.
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08-01-2018 02:25 PM #16
Interesting - I didn't know 'h u m o n g o u s' was considered a sweary. Weird.
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08-01-2018 02:28 PM #18
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You need to take the h, u and s off. It thinks you're trying to conceal a derogatory, discriminatory term. It's a bit like S****horpe.
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08-01-2018 02:29 PM #19
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08-01-2018 02:36 PM #20
Word can be spelled 2 ways.
Use humungous and you’d be fine. Think your original spelling was the American version and also what it defaults to on spell check. Damn you technology!!
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08-01-2018 03:22 PM #21
One of my pet hates is American spelling as well!
Reminds me of the old one when I was at school, 'If Typhoo put the 'T' in Britain, who put the 'S' in S****horpe?'
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08-01-2018 04:56 PM #22
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My favourite quote of the time was from “Celtic football visionary”Bob Kelly.”There is no future in European competitions and our fans will never turn out in Scotland to watch football under floodlights.”
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08-01-2018 08:08 PM #23
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Great read. Always nice for the club to get some exposure.
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08-01-2018 08:17 PM #24
Enjoyed that and was delighted to see Mass Hibsteria getting a mention
This is how it feels
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''Celtic, Rangers and Hearts had finished second, third and fourth in the league, respectively, but in the era before TV revenues, none of those clubs wanted to compete in the first European Cup. “
This reads like they were offered the opportunity and declined, that's certainly not a version that I'm familiar with.
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08-01-2018 09:56 PM #27
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That’s how it reads but I’m not sure if that’s how it’s meant.Rangers and Celtic opposed the idea after it was announced that Hibs were doing it.Swan had too much clout for the SFA to try and stop it.Hearts were never in the running,they had no record of regular European jaunts.
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09-01-2018 09:38 AM #28
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09-01-2018 10:23 AM #29
It must be horrible for any of our pink neighbors looking in . To have never dined at the top table of European football( Semi final of European cup)
SCOTTISH CUP WINNERS 2016
GGTTH
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09-01-2018 11:12 AM #30
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